| | Dead Zone DVD
| Category | Horror DVDs, Recommended Movies, Essential Cinema Videos, Based On A Novel, Disturbing, Psychic Forces, Illness | | Starring | Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Tom Skerritt, Anthony Zerbe, Colleen Dewhurst, Brooke Adams, Herbert Lom, Jackie Burroughs, Nicholas Campbell, Roberta Weiss, Geza Kovacs | | Director | David Cronenberg | | Art Director | Barbara Dunphy | | Composer | Michael Kamen | | Director of Photography | Mark Irwin | | Producer | Debra Hill | | Screenwriter | Jeffrey Boam | | Source Writer | Stephen King |
David Cronenberg's first foray into mainstream filmmaking is also one of his most satisfying pictures. Adapted from a Stephen King novel, it stars Christopher Walken as Johnny, a man who has been in a coma for five years and wakes up to realize that he can tell a person's fate just by touching them. Realizing that he can change the future as well, Johnny soon gets intervenes in a number of would-be tragedies. Consequently, he soon becomes famous for his gift, but he longs for his former life, when he still had his job, his fiancee, and a normal life. However, when he shakes hands with a future president of the US (Martin Sheen, in a wonderfully hammy performance) who could end up being the biggest mass murderer since Hitler, Johnny wrestles with what seems to be his destiny. Walken's bravura performance forms the soul of this excellent and touching thriller. Dead Zone Reviews: "...Cronenberg's most accomplished film so far, created with flair, fluency and welcome understatement..."
-- Philip Strick, Sight and Sound "...A sad, sympathetic and unsettling movie, quietly forceful....Cronenberg's direction is vivid and effective..."
-- Janet Maslin, New York Times "...An accomplished psychological thriller....[Cronenberg] gets some appealing performances....Walken links each episode together quite well, accurately conveying the character's growing mental, physical and emotional anguish..."
-- Binn., Variety "...With its small-town milieu, lots of snow and supernatural mayhem, THE DEAD ZONE is one of the better Stephen King movie adaptations..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...[A] quietly effective Stephen King thriller..."
-- Paul Roland, Total Film Dead Zone | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1983 | | All Time Sales Rank |  78802  | | CD Universe Part number | 7980487 | | Catalog number | 7906868 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 15, 2009 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Also Known As | Stephen King's The Dead Zone | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Widescreen |
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Dead Zone Movie Review  an extraordinary horror
great film by cronenburg, definately one of the best chillers ever made. Fantastic filmaking and performances from walken and sheen.
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 STEPHEN KING THRILLER
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN STARS IN THIS STEPHEN KING THRILLER ABOUT A SCHOOL TEACHER WHO GAINS PSYCHIC POWERS AFTER
A NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT. WALKEN'S CHARACTER MUST DECIDE WHETHER TO LIVE WHAT IS LEFT OF HIS LIFE IN SECLUSION OR TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF TO DESTROY A GREATER EVIL.
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Stephen King's best by far
Many years ago I watched a batch of films either based on a Stephen king short stories or novels. I could not hide my disapointment after seeing Children of the corn Cujo, or Firestarter. None of these films stired the imagination or sent a chill down the spine like the books themselves. What a surprise when I came to Dead Zone. I had read the book about a year earlier but what I witnessed in the video made the novel pale in comparison. The acting of Christopher Walken was superb as was the screen meanace of Martin sheen. The film was a rollercoaster of emotion charged with plain horror. Probably some people will say it was more a thriller, but I say when you have been cursed like Christopher Walken in this film it is definately horror. Out of all stephen king's novels to be turned to films this one and maybe Salem's lot were far and above the others...watch Dead Zone and see what you think
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This review is for a different format. Gripping
One of my favourite movies.
I have a dvd of it which I watch often.
The cast are just perfect.
Christopher Walken plays his part so well. I read the book before I saw the movie, I wasn't dissapointed.
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